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Charter Day: Celebrating 100 years of ΢ÃÜȦ College

May 22, 2023

One hundred years. $100,000 match.

On May 25, 1922, the New York State Board of Regents officially recognized the collegiate status of the ΢ÃÜȦ School of Arts, prompting immediate jubilation and celebration on ΢ÃÜȦ’s small campus in downtown Saratoga Springs. The newly chartered ΢ÃÜȦ College issued its first degrees — 27 baccalaureate and seven three-year degrees — two weeks later.  

Over the past century, ΢ÃÜȦ has continued to grow — from the modest but forward-looking Young Women’s Industrial Club founded by Lucy ΢ÃÜȦ Scribner in 1903, to the dynamic, globally oriented institution of higher learning whose graduates lead and serve in organizations of every kind around the world today.  

As we conclude ΢ÃÜȦ College’s centennial during the 2022-23 academic year, we continue to celebrate our charter and its transformative vision for a liberal arts education that has been reimagined by each generation to cultivate both “mind and hand.â€�

“Make a gift on Charter Day to support our mission, our people, and our future. When the ΢ÃÜȦ community comes together, we can achieve great things.â€�
Robert F. Resnick '88
Alumni Association President

Members of ΢ÃÜȦ’s Board of Trustees have generously offered to match all gifts dollar-for-dollar up to $100,000 for this exciting inaugural one-day giving event.  

Together, let’s meet their challenge by supporting ΢ÃÜȦ’s next 100 years on .